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Anastasia Shevchenko
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1979-10-23
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Rostov-on-Don
Biography
On January 21, 2019, a search was carried out at the home of Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of Open Russia. Law enforcement officers seized all her means of communication. Searches were also conducted at the homes of other movement members in Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, and Ulyanovsk. That same day, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Shevchenko for carrying out the activities of an organization designated as “undesirable” in Russia (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). She was summoned for questioning to the Investigative Committee and was held in a temporary detention facility
On January 21, 2019, a search was carried out at the home of Anastasia Shevchenko, a member of the federal council of Open Russia. Law enforcement officers seized all her means of communication. Searches were also conducted at the homes of other movement members in Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, and Ulyanovsk. That same day, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Shevchenko for carrying out the activities of an organization designated as “undesirable” in Russia (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code). She was summoned for questioning to the Investigative Committee and was held in a temporary detention facility pending trial. On January 23, the court placed Shevchenko under house arrest.
On February 18, 2021, Anastasia Shevchenko was sentenced to four years of suspended imprisonment. On August 10, another court reclassified Shevchenko’s actions under a revised version of the article on carrying out the activities of an “undesirable organization” and reduced the sentence to three years.
In August 2022, it was reported that Shevchenko had left the country. In September, reports emerged that she had been placed on a wanted list. On December 20, she was sentenced in absentia to three years in prison. On February 6, 2023, an appellate court reduced the sentence to two years.
In May 2025, Anastasia Shevchenko was added to the register of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring (the Federal Financial Monitoring Service), with a designation used for individuals prosecuted under terrorism-related articles.
On October 14, 2025, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the opening of a criminal case against Shevchenko and other members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia on charges of the violent seizure of power and organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was triggered by the adoption of the “Berlin Declaration,” which called for a change of power in Russia.
In November 2025, another case against Anastasia Shevchenko was referred to court under the article on organizing the financing of terrorism. The details of this case are unknown.